Creative Ideas For Celebrating New Year’s Eve At Home!

I don’t know about you….but I’m not much of a New Year’s Eve partier.

Since moving to a smaller town several years ago, we now live a good 30-45 minutes away from the “big city,” and the prospect of driving that far on “the deadliest night of the year” has never been very appealing.

But staying home on New Year’s doesn’t have to be boring…not by a long shot! Here are a few creative ways to make the evening special even though the surroundings are familiar.

A fun family activity to count down to the New Year. Simply fill your bags with ideas to do every hour leading up to the big event. At the designated hour, have your child open up the bag to reveal the task inside. Some bag filler ideas….treats, disposable cameras, a new movie to watch, craft kits, noisemakers and confetti, etc!

Ring in the new year with this fun idea the kids will love! Buy bubble wrap (the large bubbles work best) and spread out on a hard floor just before midnight. At the end of the countdown, stomp! It sounds like firecrackers and is a fun way to start the year.

Gather up balloons, plastic cups, and mini marshmallows and make these really easy and inexpensive marshmallow launchers! Have a contest to see who can pop marshmallows the farthest or get the most into a bowl that’s a few feet away.

I hope some of these ideas will get you enthused about ringing in the New Year at home. Let’s make this the best New Year’s Eve ever! :-)

So what about you? Do you go out on New Year’s Eve or prefer to stay home?

Love these ideas! Great way to enjoy a small scale celebration with close family/friends. The countdown bags are fabulous. I’m making a set for my parents to enjoy since we will be in separate cities when ushering in the new year. Thank you for sharing — you sparked my creativity!

The best New Year’s Eve celebration I recall is when about 6 of us new homeowners in a new subdivision had a progressive dinner. Drinks and appetizers were at my home, soup and salad was at another, the main course was at another (we all contributed a side dish), dessert was at the neighbor who was a baker by trade. One home was the babysitter home for the children who had their own little party, and the final home had the New Year’s Eve party favors, champagne, etc.

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